The Henderson City Council adopted a new redistricting plan Tuesday following a contentious exchange in which Mayor Michelle Romero and Councilwoman Carrie Cox accused each other of politicizing the process.

The council voted 4-1 in favor of adopting an ordinance which moves one precinct in Cox’s Ward 3 into Councilman Dan Stewart’s Ward 4, with Cox being the lone representative to vote against the proposal. The move will transfer an estimated 4,850 voters into Ward 4, according to supporting documents attached to Tuesday’s meeting agenda, and is less disruptive than an alternative plan that could have impacted about 11 percent of the city’s population.

But the proceeding was temporarily halted after Cox repeatedly spoke when it wasn’t her turn while the council was questioning Andrew Po

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